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Corey Hutchins is a correspondent for Columbia Journalism Review's United States Project and curator of Alt Ledes, a public affairs collection at Medium. A former alt-weekly reporter, he was twice named South Carolina's journalist of the year by the S.C. Press Association. His work has appeared on the cover of The Nation and in Slate, The Texas Observer and The Progressive magazine, among others. He's reported on everything from the psychology of false confessions to the nuclear weapons industr…

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ESSAY: ‘The Blanket’ by Mike Lasusa

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By Corey Hutchins
| Pagosa Daily Post Verified
This story originally appeared in Corey Hutchins journalism newsletter, ‘Inside the News in Colorado’, on August 7, 2026. You can subscribe to his newsletter here. Journalist, editor, and content strategist Mike Lasusa spent several years as a reporter for the respected legal website Law360. He also served as the deputy director of content at InSight Crime where he oversaw award-winning coverage of organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Five new Colorado niche publications have launched as newsletters, sites, and a podcast

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By Corey Hutchins
| Inside the News in Colorado
For years, this newsletter has chronicled the rise of new-media phenomena in Colorado like the ‘one-person local newsroom’ and citizen journalism initiatives. Such operations have come and gone and exist or have existed in places like Boulder and Greeley, Estes Park, and the Yampa Valley, and in social media feeds. In recent months, a flurry of them have launched in Colorado with their operators covering topics from antisemitism and transportation to development and a city council.
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Colorado lawmakers want local news outlets to get priority in state advertising spending

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By Corey Hutchins
| Sky-Hi News Verified
Colorado lawmakers have done what they are constitutionally obligated to do: they passed a balanced state budget. The roughly $47 billion spending plan came after “months of painful cuts to programs and key services across the government to make up a massive budget shortfall,” Sara Wilson reported for Colorado Newsline. Notably, part of this budget signed by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis contains language that could help bolster the local news industry.
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